Art and culture

Greek art dates back as far as 6000 BC...

Anthropomorphic figurines out of terracotta are commonly excavated from Greek Neolithic houses and settlements. Representing the importance of domestic cults, largely centering around a female goddess.

Other interesting artifacts such as vessels were widely produced in a broad range of shapes and materials and used in Crete during the Bronze Age, 3300-1050 BC. The bull's head Rhyton for example, is one of the most magnificent and technologically accomplished works of art. The Bull was an animal central to Minoan Culture, particularly at Knossos, where fresco scenes of bull-leaping have been found. I have a picture of a bull created in 1550 BC, but I do not know how to download it to this section. Restaurant Mythos on Park Avenue, has a reproduction made on the second floor, llustrating a bull-leaping fresco of that period.

During the same period and in Crete, I am also impressed by the findings of the statues of the, Snake Goddess.


I would like to see a lot more public art in Montreal. We have to promote our artists, designers, etc.

Montreal is a cultural metropolis and we have to increasingly strive to be one of the best.
In 2006, UNESCO, acknowledged Montreal as a city of Design.

Arts and culture is what adds life, spirit and quality to a city.

What would living be like, without arts and culture? Think about it.

Respectfully,
Eleni